#zionism
#Hidden #History #Of #Zionism by #Robert_Sepehr
https://www.bitchute.com/video/XI9BQFkTfrRl/
Hidden History Of Zionism by Robert Sepehr
Robert Sepehr: https://goodreads.com/author/show/13998778.Robert_Sepehr 2,750 Posts Published And Archived In 2024: https://EarthNewspaper.com 31,000 Posts In News Archive: https://EarthNewspaper.com/Archive 1,234 Categories To Search: ...
“Alemanha me censurou por apoiar a Palestina” #NancyFraser
https://jacobin.com.br/2024/04/alemanha-me-cancelou-por-apoiar-a-palestina/
#Germany #Alemanha #Deutschland #Zionism #is #nazism #Palestina #Gaza #israel
Nancy Fraser é professora de filosofia e política na New School for Social Research. É co-editora do livro "Feminismo para os 99%"(Boitempo 2019) e autora do livro "O velho está morrendo e o novo não pode nascer" (Autonomia Literária 2020).
Oh, this is good.
if you're a western leftist, especially an activist, you're likely used to a very narrow concept of what #Zionism means. This post gives a good glimpse of the many different things a #Jew might mean if they say they are #Zionist, not Zionist, or #AntiZionist. Some I agree with, some I don't, some make me want to have a good #Jewish argument.
https://www.tumblr.com/nerdyqueerandjewish/164755739038/lets-talk-about-zionism
‘A new abyss’: Gaza and the hundred years’ war on Palestine
The Guardian
While much has changed since 7 October, the horrific events of the past six months are not unique, and do not stand outside history. (...)
This is the thesis of my book The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: that events in Palestine since 1917 resulted from a multi-stage war waged on the indigenous Palestinian population by great power patrons of the Zionist movement – a movement that was both settler colonialist and nationalist, and which aimed to replace the Palestinian people in their ancestral homeland. These powers later allied with the Israeli nation-state that grew out of that movement. Throughout this long war, the Palestinians have fiercely resisted the usurpation of their country. (...)
Palestinians returning to the ruins of Khan Younis, Gaza, on 7 April 2024. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images.
Tags: #books #palestine #palestinians #israel #gaza #occupied_territories #zionism #history
For a thoroughly anti-nationalist critique of Zionism
critiquing Israeli nationalism and colonialism is no more inherently antisemitic than critiquing the Chinese Communist Party is inherently anti-Chinese. Believing that to be the case is in itself racist because that belief is rooted in the idea that people and states are the same thing
A “people” is quite simply a group of individuals that have associated together and have over time formed cultural similarities. It is an organic network of affinity groups with a culture that developed freely and naturally, and that will change and evolve over time. A people have no innate “essence” that exists out in the ether, and there is no force involved to maintain a people. A nation state on the other hand is a group of elites that has forced many people under one despotic military regime with the goal of creating and maintaining an artificial and unified identity
What these red cows from Texas have to do with war and peace in the Middle East - CBS News
La oposición judía a Israel es tan antigua como el sionismo
Por #JosephMassad
En agosto de 1897, Theodor Herzl intentó convocar el Primer Congreso Sionista en Munich. Sin embargo, fueron las fuerzas combinadas de un gran número de rabinos ortodoxos y reformistas -que normalmente estaban de acuerdo en muy pocas cosas- las que le desalojaron a él y a su herética organización de Múnich. Se vio obligado a convocar la conferencia al otro lado de la frontera, en Basilea (Suiza), donde difamó a los rabinos antisionistas como «los rabinos de la protesta».
Seis semanas después de la fundación de la Organización Sionista, los judíos rusos formaron el Bund (la Unión General de Trabajadores Judíos de Lituania, Polonia y Rusia) y se opusieron vehementemente y ridiculizaron el sionismo. El Bund mantuvo esta postura hasta que sus miembros fueron borrados de la existencia durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial en las brasas de las cámaras de gas y los crematorios de la Alemania nazi. Todo ello al margen de los judíos comunistas de Europa del Este y de la Unión Soviética, que condenaban el sionismo sin paliativos.
https://rebelion.org/la-oposicion-judia-a-israel-es-tan-antigua-como-el-sionismo/
"Não é um livro sobre, mas contra o sionismo", diz Breno Altman durante lançamento de obra em BH
Jornalista lançou o livro "Contra o sionismo - retrato de uma doutrina colonial e racista" na capital mineira
Leonardo Fernandes
Belo Horizonte |
26 de março de 2024 às 17:15
Breno Altman, autor de "Contra o sionismo - retrato de uma doutrina colonial e racista - Leonardo Fernandes
#sionismo #BrenoAltman #Gaza #Palestina #israel #jornalismo #Zionism
"Este é um livro de combate". Assim começa a apresentação do livro "Contra o sionismo - retrato de uma doutrina colonial e racista", lançado pelo jornalista Breno Altman na segunda-feira (25), em Belo Horizonte. A atividade, organizada em parceria com o Comitê Mineiro de Solidariedade à Palestina, lotou o auditório da Casa do Jornalista, no centro da capital.
Com linguagem simples e direta, o livro aborda os elementos centrais na história do conflito entre palestinos e israelenses, os eventos de 7 de outubro e a reação desproporcional de Israel. O texto resgata ainda passagens importantes da história do sionismo e denuncia o apartheid imposto aos palestinos pelo Estado ocupante.
“É um livro de conhecimento básico para quem quer ter um primeiro contato mais amplo com o tema sionismo e com a questão palestina”, destaca o autor.
Na mesma segunda-feira (25), o Conselho de Segurança da Organização das Nações Unidas (ONU) aprovou uma resolução que pede um cessar-fogo imediato na Faixa de Gaza até o fim do Ramadã, período sagrado do povo muçulmano. Desde 7 de outubro, o Estado de Israel, com apoio dos Estados Unidos, Inglaterra e outras potências, já matou mais de 30 mil civis palestinos, entre os quais, mais de 90 jornalistas.
Os meios monopolistas de comunicação estão alinhados ao regime sionista
Em entrevista exclusiva ao Brasil de Fato MG, Altman aborda esses e outros temas relacionados à luta do povo palestino contra um projeto racista e colonialista, razão da "nakba", a tragédia palestina. Confira:
Brasil de Fato MG: Breno, o que os leitores podem esperar desse livro?
Breno Altman: O livro busca ser uma síntese das principais questões que estão em tela na Palestina. É um livro para quem quer um conhecimento bem organizado, mas básico. O livro é dividido em quatro capítulos: o primeiro relata a situação posterior a 7 de outubro; outro relata a trajetória e a natureza do sionismo; um terceiro capítulo trata e desmonta um dos mitos do sionismo de que o Estado de Israel é a única democracia do Oriente Médio; e um quarto capítulo sobre o que é o antissemitismo. E, finalmente, tem um roteiro de leitura para quem quiser se aprofundar no assunto, com sugestões de livros e breves comentários meus a respeito de cada um deles.
Na apresentação, você afirma que se trata de um livro de combate, por quê?
Porque ele não é um livro acadêmico, não é um livro de estudo, não é um livro sobre o sionismo, é um livro contra o sionismo, como o próprio título estabelece. É um livro escrito no calor dessa batalha, a partir do meu trabalho jornalístico, e que tem como objetivo ser uma arma para que as pessoas, munidas de um conhecimento um pouco maior sobre o tema, possam lutar com maior vigor e maior conhecimento de causa pela questão palestina.
Você acredita que a proporção que o genocídio palestino tomou, inclusive levando à aprovação de uma resolução no Conselho de Segurança da ONU, o que isolou ainda mais Israel e Estados Unidos, pode promover uma mudança de rumo na criação de um Estado Palestino?
Eu acho que abre uma situação diferente daquela que existia antes do 7 de outubro. A questão palestina caminhava para um arquivo morto da história, ia desaparecer. Então ressurgiu a partir de 7 de outubro com muita força e se transformou na principal questão mundial. E, esse retorno da questão palestina ao centro da agenda mundial faz com que se mobilizem forças que antes estavam paralisadas ou neutralizadas, favoráveis à autodeterminação do povo palestino. Então, eu vejo como um cenário novo, muito difícil, de muito sacrifício humano, mas um cenário no qual o sionismo jamais esteve tão isolado e a questão palestina jamais teve tanta solidariedade.
Entre os mais de 30 mil civis assassinados em Gaza, há cerca de 96 jornalistas que foram mortos pelas forças de Israel. Onde estão os paladinos da liberdade de expressão da imprensa brasileira e como você avalia a postura dos meios de informação comerciais no Brasil em relação ao tema?
Omissos, pusilânimes, escondidos, cúmplices. Os meios monopolistas de comunicação estão alinhados ao regime sionista, estão alinhados aos interesses do sistema imperialista a tal ponto que ficam cegos diante dessa política planificada de extermínio de jornalistas. Porque isso é consciente. O Estado de Israel quer impedir que os fatos da Faixa de Gaza sejam do conhecimento público, quer bloquear o acesso das pessoas à informação, matando jornalistas. E isso é repugnante, tanto o assassinato dos jornalistas, quanto o comportamento desses meios monopolistas de comunicação.
Você tem dito que a esquerda brasileira tem uma dívida com a luta do povo palestino, a que você se refere?
Ao fato de que a mobilização em solidariedade ao povo palestino no Brasil ainda é de baixa intensidade, com uma participação muito pequena dos grandes partidos de esquerda, dos grandes sindicatos e dos principais movimentos populares, com raras exceções. Isso é uma dívida, no sentido de que a esquerda poderia ter muito mais empenho, suas lideranças, seus dirigentes podiam ter muito maior comprometimento, estimulando uma mobilização de maior envergadura.
O Brasil precisa de uma política de ruptura das relações diplomáticas e das relações comerciais com Israel
E em relação a diplomacia brasileira, está no ponto certo?
Naquilo que diz respeito à diplomacia declaratória está no ponto certo. Especialmente o presidente Lula, mais do que a diplomacia, embora depois das declarações do presidente Lula, o Itamaraty esteja adotando uma postura mais combativa, de denúncia do genocídio contra o povo palestino. Agora, o Brasil precisa passar da fase declaratória para uma fase prática, ou seja, a diplomacia brasileira tem agora que atuar com medidas concretas para isolar, enfraquecer e debilitar o regime sionista. E, essas medidas são conhecidas: boicote, desinvestimento, sanções, como o que foi feito com a África do Sul nos anos 80. Uma política de ruptura das relações diplomáticas e das relações comerciais.
Edição: Elis Almeida
there is no alternative to #israel/ #zionism but there are alternatives to #bibi and his #fascist friends
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-792474
No University Left Standing in Gaza
https://theintercept.com/2024/02/09/deconstructed-gaza-university-education/
#Zionism #IS #nazism #university #education #Gaza #aparhteid #genocide #Palestine #Palestina
“Facção evangélica”: como funciona o grupo que usa Israel para promover “guerra santa”
#Brasil #isralel #cristianismo #evangélico #crime #sionismo #Zionism #christian #política #politics
Universidade Columbia é processada por suspender grupos de estudantes pró-Palestina
Organizações de direitos civis entraram com ação judicial após ‘censura’ do instituto contra ato pacífico por cessar-fogo em Gaza
#Columbia #USA #censura #censorship #perseguição #sionismo #é #nazismo #Palestina #Palestine #Gaza #EUA #NYCLU #NY #ColumbiaUniversity #Zionism #IS #ISIS #nazism #israel
German memory culture, anti-Semitic Zionists and Palestinian liberation
Germany’s much lauded ‘memory culture’ is pure, empty, self-congratulatory propaganda.
Rachael Shapiro — Anti-Zionist Jewish activist based in Berlin
Published On 1 Mar 20241 Mar 2024
I am a #Jewish #pro-Palestine solidarity activist originally from the #NewYork area and now based in #Berlin. My #grandmother was a #Holocaust survivor from #Cologne who fled to the #UnitedStates during the Second World War at the age of 16. Her parents and much of her family were murdered during the Holocaust. I came “back” to #Germany about five years ago, a decision born largely out of the desire for intergenerational healing for me and for my grandmother, who was alive at the time. I learned German and was able to speak to her in her native language in the last few years of her life. I told her stories about living in Germany, she met some of my friends and she was grateful for the ways in which the country and its people had apparently evolved and atoned for their ugly history.
I am glad she died before I had the opportunity to recognise what a naive, idealistic delusion this was.
In the past few years as I have educated myself, become active in the movement for #Palestinian #liberation and extracted myself from the extreme #Zionist conditioning and #brainwashing baked into the fabric of my upbringing, my appreciation for German “Erinnerungskultur” (“memory culture”) has steeply devolved into the realisation that the entire concept is pure, empty, self-congratulatory propaganda. It is grounded in the intentional, racist displacement of anti-Semitism and responsibility for the Holocaust from the Germans who perpetuated it to the #Arabs, #Muslims and, above all, the #Palestinians, who they now demonise and scapegoat as a deflection and distraction.
A documentary from 1985, Ma’loul Celebrates Its Destruction, provides an account of the destruction of entire villages during the 1948 #Nakba. In it, an interviewer says to a Palestinian man who was displaced: “But they killed six million Jews.” His rightful response is, “Did I kill them? Those who killed them must be held accountable. I haven’t hurt a fly.” The fact that a truth this fundamental has been so deeply buried in the language of “complexity” and “conflict” is a testament to the commitment and breadth of the imperialist narrative disseminated by Israel, the #US and #Germany (and the #West in general). Meanwhile, more than 90 percent of all anti-Semitic incidents in Germany are attributable to the #far-right despite the media’s rampant efforts to ignore statistics, skew the reality of the violence and racism directed at Palestinians, and disguise the true apathy towards the so-called “fight against anti-Semitism”.
While actual incidents of anti-Semitism go largely unpunished, those of us standing in solidarity with Palestine are accustomed to brutal, state-sanctioned violence, repression and surveillance from police and the German government in response to peaceful #protests and #boycotts. This has intensified massively since the #genocide in #Gaza began in October, regularly under the guise of accusations of anti-Semitism and “Judenhass” (“hatred of Jews”). We are accordingly committed to remaining loud and visible, including through our refusal to be excluded from the fight against rising fascism and the extreme-right Alternative for Germany party ( #AfD ).
On February 3, I attended an #anti-AfD demonstration in Berlin as part of the pro-Palestinian bloc with the revolutionary #Marxist group #Sozialismus #von #Unten (“Socialism from Below”), in which I am an active member. I had quite a bit of trepidation about going to this protest after the violent, racist and disturbing experiences of my Palestinian and pro-Palestinian comrades at anti-AfD protests over the past few weeks. Folks protesting the AfD while showing solidarity with Palestine have been ruthlessly harassed, attacked, reported to the police and violently removed by both demonstrators and cops all over Germany.
In general, the #mood was positive, and there seemed to be more of a tangible solidarity in comparison with the earlier demonstrations. I stood with a sign that read, “ #Juedin #gegen die #AfD und #Zionismus, #fuer ein #freies #Palaestina” (“ #Jew #against the #AfD and #Zionism, #for a #free #Palestine”). We handed out flyers encouraging a strategic and systematic mobilisation against the AfD. We spoke to demonstrators about the link between fighting fascism and fighting for Palestinian liberation. We explained that Palestinians in Palestine are currently suffering under the fascist policies we are demonstrating against in Germany, and in Germany, Palestinians and those standing in solidarity with them are already experiencing the concrete infringement and denial of #fundamental #human #rights ( #freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly). We emphasised the importance of unconditional, #international #solidarity.
Some were cautious about engaging, ostensibly out of concern for being viewed as anti-Semitic, but many were curious, interested and open to learning. As much as the mainstream media have tried to distort and mangle news of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, a recent poll showed that among German voters, only 25 percent answered in the affirmative when asked if they believe Israel’s attacks on Gaza are justified; 61 percent believe they are not. The latter cohort was clearly represented at the demonstration.
After about an hour, I came into contact with a representative of the 25 percent of that poll. An older German man with an aggressive expression approached me, stopped in front of me and half-shouted, “So what do you think the #similarities are #between the #AfD and #Israel?” I could tell he had no intention of engaging in a reasonable conversation but nonetheless began trying to explain. After a few words, he rolled his eyes and spat at me.
It is hard to describe the particular shade of red I saw, the sourness of the blood pumping to my head, the bitterness of the fury on my tongue. It looked like the lifeless faces of my great-grandparents at the mercy of #Nazis, deported and murdered in the #Warsaw #Ghetto as they have appeared in my dreams since I was a child. It felt like the fierceness with which I will unconditionally defend the Palestinian resistance, the right of every people to resist their oppressor in any single form, until my last breath. It tasted like the rage and incredulity that have boiled in the corners of all of our mouths as we scream at the top of our lungs, watching the world passively observe the slaughter of Palestinian men, women and children for more than four and a half months – silent, complicit and accompanied by the relentless echo of more than #75 #years of #occupation, #apartheid, #theft, #ethnicCleansing, #lies, #dehumanisation and unforgivable #injustice.
I ran after the man, shouting at him that my family was murdered because of fascism during a genocide – in response to which he spat at me again.
He goaded me: “What do you know? The AfD is a fascist party. What does that have to do with Israel?” I began to state the obvious – “Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza as we speak …” – but didn’t finish my sentence before he spat in my face for a third time.
As I was shaking, incensed and disgusted, my final comment was, “You are clearly an anti-Semite.” Up to this point in the interaction, he had been condescending and full of contempt, but (as I knew it would) this final shot sent him into a blind rage. As I turned and walked away, he shrieked: “WHAT did you say to me?”
A friend of mine recently said to me, “The #Germans will #never #forgive the #Jews for the #Holocaust.” These words have rung in my ears and sat in my chest with nowhere in particular to go, a hard, ugly truth at the core of German society that precisely reflects my experience living in it. It is bewildering, it is comical, and it is accurate.
From the neo-Nazis of the AfD to “anti-Deutsche” leftists who claim to be combatting German anti-Semitism by obsessively and unconditionally supporting Zionism, many of today’s Germans are brimming with repressed rage towards Jews. Whether they are aware of it or not, this is resoundingly apparent in the deep, hysterical hypocrisy of a reaction such as that of the man at the demonstration – spitting in a Jewish person’s face for standing against fascism and genocide on the basis of her personal, generational relationship to fascism and genocide and becoming enraged at being identified as an anti-Semite accordingly.
This fury is seemingly a reaction to the “injustice” of Germans having to repent for the actions of their ancestors, something they have been widely celebrated for on the global stage. The #resentment takes the form of #narrowmindedness and #bigotry: The only acceptable concepts of #Judaism, #Jewish people and “Jewish life” are those they themselves, #non-Jewish Germans, explicitly sign off on. (Refer to the “anti-Semitism commissioners” claiming to represent the interests of Jewish people in Germany – not a single one of whom is Jewish or an expert in any relevant or related field.) For many Germans, the only palatable Judaism is Zionism, which in fact is no kind of Judaism at all. When forced to contend with perspectives in conflict with this toxic narrative or with Jewishness that doesn’t align with their understanding of it, their anger surfaces violently, explosively. “Anti-Deutsche” weaponise the fetishisation of Jews through their obsessive Zionism to an extreme degree, spearheading aggressive hate and smear campaigns against those who do not share their views (including anti-Zionist Jewish people). How dare anyone, most of all Jews, call into question the authority of Germans in defining and relating to Judaism, anti-Semitism and genocide.
The sick, decades-long collaboration between Israel and Germany and the widespread assertion that Israel’s security is “Germany’s reason of state”(“Staatsraeson”), which upholds Zionist socialisation in the interests of political, racist ends, has created an atmosphere of fear, shame, guilt and ultimately self-righteousness that permeates much of German society. It punishes questions, dissuades education and quashes the necessary understanding of Judaism as a broad, differentiated and historically diasporic culture that existed long before Zionism – and will exist long after.
This designation of all Jews and all Judaism as a single uniform entity, necessarily speaking the same language (modern Hebrew), holding the same values (Zionism) and sharing an identical culture (which in Germany, must be determined by Germans), is, in fact, the precise definition of #anti-Semitic, #Nazistic #racial #segregation and the othering, dehumanising rhetoric they employed in its service. The rigid and inherently anti-Semitic conception of Jews as an undifferentiated people “native” to one land, characterised by the nationalist settler-colonial Zionist movement, has merely served as a #continuation of #Hitler’s #work. It has erased secular Judaism in Europe. It has #eradicated the #Yiddish, #Ladino, #Judeo-Arabic, #Judeo-Persian and #other #Hebraic #languages. Eighty years after the Holocaust, it has succeeded in upholding the view of Jews as a monolith, a foreign nuisance separate from German society, the attempted annihilation of whom can now be exploited to justify the annihilation of another group.
The #tradition of #policing #Jewishness has been passed down in Germany for generations now, which, as in the case of the man at the anti-AfD demonstration, revolves not just around an established, homogenous definition of Jews but, crucially, also the exclusive right and obligation of the Germans to dictate it.
So what are we left with? I believe we can see it in our aforementioned statistic. The majority of Germans know, despite what they have been raised and conditioned to believe, that at the very least, what is going on in Gaza is wrong. Many can see that there is something significant and conspicuous missing in the mainstream narrative around anti-Semitism, Israel and Palestine. I would venture that the majority of those in the streets marching against the AfD are doing it because they genuinely want to stand on the right side of history. Meanwhile, what is in reality a minority is simply louder, angrier and more visible in propagating their anti-Arab, anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian racism, anti-Semitism and pro-genocide views and, in being so, intimidate the rest into docile silence.
#No #one in the mainstream German #media has reported on my experience at the anti-AfD protest. Given the cultural context, this is not a surprise. But highlighting this hypocrisy and the prevailing, ever-more destructive narratives illustrated by such an incident represents a powerful opportunity for education and empowerment. Calling out the root causes and social backdrop of this moment make them available and necessary for all to grapple with. As so many are stepping into the streets, it is our responsibility to arm them with the facts as fuel, to enable every single person to raise their voice and know decisively what they speak for and what they speak against. We will continue – with more resolve than ever – in the fight for a free Palestine and in mobilising in this way against racism, Zionism, (actual) anti-Semitism, fascism and genocide. We will repeat it again and again until the rhythm of our words becomes the heartbeat of a society that attempts to snuff out our resistance but will ultimately fail at doing so: Never again means never again for anybody.
The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera’s editorial stance.
What can the #UK do to end the war and support peace in #Israel / #Palestine?
The Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing with witness statements from Israeli / #Jewish and Palestinian experts and activists. It's really informative, and based in fact, not propaganda. Some hard truths for everyone.
You can watch it here. It's two hours - with two different sessions. The first more academic and historical, the second more about the present and future. https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/85b26746-64df-4d3c-a973-d0da3738a077
Or browse the transcript here: https://committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence/14351/html/
As a bonus, it was nice to hear the terms #Zionism and #Zionist used (by all) in their precise and historic meanings, and not the toxic way they are too often used.
The German Question w/ Emily Dische-Becker
Featuring Emily Dische-Becker on how Germany became attached to a wildly narcissistic anti-antisemitism and Israeli proxy nationalism that have made it one of the most anti-Palestinian governments on earth.
#antizionism #europe #israel #germany #palestine #zionism #repression #dische-becker
#querfront #antifa #antideutsche #antisemitismus #philosemitismus #zionismus #instrumentalisierung #narzismus
